How brightly glistening in the sun The woodland ivy plays
While yonder beeches from their barks Reflect his silver rays
That sun surveys a lovely scene From softly smiling skies;
And wildly through unnumbered trees The wind of winte...
O God
if this indeed be
That Life can show to me;
If on my aching brow may
While on my lonely couch I lie,
I seldom feel myself alone,
For fancy fills my dreaming eye With scenes and pleasures of its own
Then I may cherish at my breast An infant's form beloved and fair,
Gloomily the clouds are sailingO'er the dimly moonlit sky;
Dolefully the wind is wailing;
Not another sound is nigh;
Only I can hear it
Blessed be Thou for all the
My soul has felt to-day
Oh, let its memory stay with me,
And never pass away
Why should such gloomy silence reign,
And why is all the house so drear,
When neither danger, sickness, pain,
Nor death, nor want, have entered here
I hoped, that with the brave and strong,
My portioned task might lie;
To toil amid the busy throng,
With purpose pure and high
Oppressed with sin and woe,
A burdened heart I bear,
Opposed by many a mighty foe:
But I will not despair
Farewell to thee
but not
To all my fondest thoughts of thee:
Within my heart they still shall dwell;
Call me away; there's nothing here, That wins my soul to stay;
Then let me leave this prospect drear, And hasten far away
To our beloved land I'll flee, Our land of thought and soul,
Where I have roved so oft with thee, Beyond the w...
I have gone backward in the work, The labour has not sped,
Drowsy and dark my spirit lies, Heavy and dull as lead
How can I rouse my sinking soul From such a lethargy
How can I break these iron chains, And set my spirit free...
What though the Sun had left my sky;
To save me from
The blessed Moon arose on high,
And shone serenely there